-
Local student to serve as SGA leader at Missouri Valley College (5/7/24)MARSHALL, Mo. — Missouri Valley College students have selected Kloee Mills and Alexis Leeper as Student Government president and vice president for the 2024-2025 academic year. Both spent the past year working as student ambassadors in the admissions department. Mills, from Oak Grove, Missouri, is a studying biology. Leeper, from Essex, Missouri, is pre-nursing...
-
Kindergarten pups for April (5/7/24)Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has announced its Kindergarten Pups of the Month for April. Pictured are front row, from left: Collin Garner, Sincere Fletcher, Timmy Melton, Mariah Taylor, Amir Smith, Max Karr, Diego Jacobo, Jayd Lathrom and Dearius Cowley; and back row: VaShonna Albritton, Hector Rivera, Watson Green, Liadan Kessler, Brycen Brown, Zariah Herrion, Evanna Hogan, Dakoda Wolff, Hank Trankler, Amir Oliver, Noah Jones and Kynlee Taylor...
-
April preschool pups (5/7/24)Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has named its Preschool Pups of the Month for April. Pictured are front row, from left: Joanna Meeker, Tucker Miller, Leighton Hardy and Jahmir Bird; and back row: Hope Dixon, Malachi Ball, Maverick Gonzalez, Lucas Nice, Charley Suggs and Tylynn Plaskie...
-
SHS/SPS Foundation Students of the Month for May named (5/7/24)SIKESTON — Rush Ault and Colt Parker were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for May. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2023-2024 school year. Students also receive a certificate and gift card from the Foundation...
-
South Scott Ambulance donates to SCTC (5/1/24)Leonna Heuring/Standard DemocratKen Dicus and the Board of the South Scott County Ambulance District recently donated a 2009 ambulance along with two stretchers to the Sikeston Career and Technology Center. The ambulance will be used as a training vehicle for SCTC’s new EMT Program, according to Natalie Bohannon, marketing and communications specialist for Sikeston Public Schools. ...
-
Charleston R-1 school board reorganizes (4/26/24)Charleston R-1 Schools/Facebook Charleston R-1 Board of Education held its regular meeting April 16 at Central Office, where newest board member, Julie Humphrey, and returning member, Hamil Corse, were sworn in by Board Secretary Summer Babb. During the board reorganization, officers were elected as follows: Evin Burke, president; Angie Duenne, vice president; Summer Babb, board secretary; Cade Coon, board treasurer and Missouri School Board Association District 14 representative...
-
City field trip (4/26/24)Gina Williams/Standard DemocratThe Christian Academy students in kindergarten, first and second grades took a field trip on Friday, April 26 to tour Sikeston City Hall and view up close and personal the city’s fire truck and equipment.
-
SEMO Christian students’ lesson on butterfly’s life cycle comes full circle (4/25/24)By Leonna Heuring~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Preschool students at SEMO Christian Academy in Sikeston spent the month learning about the butterfly’s life cycle — from a tiny egg to a winged wonder. On Wednesday, April 24 the students’ lesson came full circle as they released their nine Painted Lady butterflies into nature from the playground of their school...
-
Zellars recognized for service to Charleston R-1 district (4/25/24)Charleston R-1 Schools/FacebookOutgoing Charleston R-1 Board of Education member Portia Zellars was recognized during the school board’s regular meeting April 16 at Central Office for her six-plus years of service to the Charleston R-1 school board, added to her decades-long tenure as a teacher, substitute teacher, tutor and mentor. ...
-
SHS/SPS Foundation Students of the Month for April named (4/23/24)Leonna Heuring/Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Abigail DeShaney and Michael Walton were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for April. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2023-2024 school year. Students also receive a certificate and gift card from the Foundation...
-
Paint for a cause (4/23/24)Submitted PhotoAaron Horrell and Barb Bailey from Missouri Paint for a Cause recently visited art teacher Sandra Ruff at Scott County Central High School and donated an easel for SCC’s contribution to the Missouri Bicentennial Mural. Students surround a replica of the mural, which is being sold through Missouri Paint for a Cause...
-
SJHS volleyball team recognized for undefeated season (4/23/24)Photo providedThe Sikeston Junior High girls volleyball team was recognized for their undefeated season during the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education meeting April 9 at Central Office. “These ladies went 14-0 this year including a 5-0 streak to win the Bernie Junior High Tournament,” said Natalie Bohannon, marketing and communications director for Sikeston Public Schools. ...
-
Vehicle donation made to SCTC program (4/17/24)SIKESTON — Jennifer Baker of Sikeston MediCenter Pharmacy donated her 2015 Chevy Sonic to the Sikeston Career and Technology Center during the March 12 regular Sikeston R-6 Board of Education meeting at Central Office. The vehicle will be used as the new “suspect vehicle” for the Criminal Justice Program...
-
Isabelle McGill honored as Who’s Who at the University of Mississippi (4/17/24)UNIVERSITY, Miss. — Isabelle McGill of Sikeston, Missouri, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in political science, was recognized in the 2023-24 class of Who’s Who Among Students at the University of Mississippi. McGill was among 201 Ole Miss students who were honored with the distinction during a ceremony on April 5 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts...
-
Sikeston Junior High releases its third quarter honor roll (4/17/24)SIKESTON — Sikeston Junior High School has announced its third quarter honor roll for the 2023-2024 school year. Seventh grade McKenzie Adams Allyssa Armstrong Bryce Atkins Jazmin Atkinson Carson Austin Max Barborek Jace Beaird Janyla Blackmon Zaden Blackmon...
-
Sikeston R-6 Board of Education changes last day of school to May 10 (4/11/24)By Leonna Heuring~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District will release a week earlier than planned for the 2023-2024 school year. The 2023-2024 school year calendar initially included built-in weather make-up hours which were not all used. As a result, Superintendent Shannon Holifield recommended to the R-6 Board of Education during its Tuesday, April 9 meeting that the last day of school for all students be amended from Thursday, May 16 to Friday, May 10. ...
-
Sikeston High School graduation set for May 13 (4/11/24)By Leonna Heuring~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Plans are being finalized to have Sikeston High School’s class of 2024 outdoor graduation next month. Sikeston High School Head Principal Dr. Doyle Noe briefed the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education on graduation procedures for the class of 2024 during the Tuesday, April 9 regular monthly meeting at Central Office in Sikeston...
-
Sikeston R-6 school board reorganizes (4/11/24)By Leonna Heuring~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — The Sikeston R-6 Board of Education reorganized during its Tuesday, April 9 regular monthly meeting at the district’s Central Office in Sikeston. Matt Tanner’s and Renee Grimes’ three-year terms on the R-6 school board expired earlier this month. Because there were only two positions available on the board, and they were the only two who filed for candidacy, an election was not needed April 2 in the district...
-
SHS/SPS Foundation March Students of the Month named (3/19/24)SIKESTON — Hailey Caton and Chloe Lin were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for March. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2023-2024 school year. Students also receive a certificate and gift card from the Foundation...
-
February preschool pups (3/19/24)Submitted PhotoSikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has named its preschool pups of the month for February. Pictured are front row, from left: Tiana Coleman, Jonathan Thomas, Conner Jones, George Angeletopoulos; and back row: Layla Robbins, Garrett McDermott, Jahiem Carpenter, Rhett Jackson and MJ Howard...
-
Thomas W. Kelly High School names its third quarter honor roll students (3/19/24)BENTON, Mo. — Thomas W. Kelly High School named its third quarter honor roll students for the 2023-2024 school year. “A” Honor Roll Freshmen Brittyn Barney, Jocelyn Bickings, Trenton Brashear, Tyson Carr, Jack Dirnberger, Aliana Garrett, Seth Shackles, Allison Thomas, Carson Vanness, Noah Vetter, Brooklyn Webb, Jordan Webb...
-
Richland Elementary announces its third quarter honor roll (3/19/24)ESSEX, Mo. — Richland Elementary in Essex has announced its third quarter honor roll for the 2023-2024 school year. First Grade Taylor Decker, Jude Foster, Brett Frazier, Mary Claire Huck, Moira Jones, Jaxton Kidd, James Malloy, Fletcher Orton, Lydia Phillips, Kmare Redwood, Memphis Sherbourne, Codielee Smith, Jonah Williamson...
-
Blanton retires as Sikeston Public Schools Foundation trustee after 15 years of service (3/15/24)Standard DemocratSIKESTON — After serving 15 years as a Sikeston Public Schools Foundation trustee, Amy Blanton recently decided to retire from the board. Blanton has served as a trustee or director of the Foundation since March 2009 when she first joined the R-6 Board of Education. ...
-
Positive school behavior leads to positively fun book vending machine (3/14/24)SIKESTON — Scott County Central School has a fun new edition to its library and it is huge, according to Amber Gill, school librarian. “This book vending machine will supply new, free books to the students who show outstanding positive behavior at our school,” Gill said. ...
-
Sikeston Public Schools releases information about tickets to the MSHSAA quarterfinals basketball game (3/7/24)Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Sikeston Public Schools has detailed the process to purchase tickets for the Missouri State High School Activities Association’s quarterfinals basketball game featuring Sikeston at St. John Vianney High School at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 9...
-
Sikeston High School student awarded National Honor Society scholarship (3/6/24)SIKESTON – The National Honor Society (NHS) announced that Chloe Lin, a high school senior at Sikeston High School and member of NHS, has been selected as an NHS Scholarship semifinalist. “This is the second year a student in our local chapter has received this award, and we are so proud of Chloe,” said Sikeston High School’s NHS sponsor Kim Thornbrough...
-
It’s preschool-screening time (2/21/24)SIKESTON — Preschool students Sophie Jacobo and David Bailey complete a matching activity at the Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center. Sikeston’ R-6 School District’s screenings for children ages birth through age 4 years will be from 1 p.m. ...
-
Sikeston High School releases second quarter honor roll (2/13/24)SIKESTON — Sikeston High School has named its second quarter honor roll for the 2023-2024 school year.
-
Sikeston High School homecoming queen crowned (2/6/24)JaSavia Hampton was crowned Sikeston High School’s homecoming queen prior to the Sikeston vs. Poplar Bluff boys basketball game Friday, Feb. 2 at the Sikeston Field House. Homecoming queen candidates and their escorts were: Will Lape, Kelsey Couch, Jaharus Goodwin, JaNaye Moore, PJ Farmer, Cate Schrumpf, Dontrez Williams, JaSavia Hampton, Tristan Wiggins, Christiana Staple, Marcus Sanders and Julia Sanders...
-
Sikeston High School’s director of bands inducted into Phi Beta Mu (2/2/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Sikeston High School’s director of bands, Darren Steelman, was recently inducted into Phi Beta Mu, the International Bandmasters’ Fraternity. “It’s truly an honor,” Steelman said. “They are about service to the profession and for my colleagues to say they feel that I have been serving the profession, that what it takes to be inducted is just an honor.”...